CBN injects $337m, CNY53m into Inter-Bank Forex Market

CBN injects $337m, CNY53m into Inter-Bank Forex Market

Friday, October 19, 2018 9:38 pm


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In another round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Friday, injected over 337 million dollars in the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market.
The CBN also intervened to the tune of 53.44 million Chinese Yuan in the Spot and Short tenored forwards of the inter-bank foreign exchange market.
The CBN Spokesman, Mr Isaac Okorafor, in a statement in Abuja said that the move was in furtherance of the Bank’s commitment to ensuring adequate liquidity and stability in the inter-bank foreign exchange market.
It will be recalled that the Bank had on Tuesday injected 210 million dollars in the Inter-Bank foreign exchange market.
Meanwhile, the Naira maintained its steady rate against major currencies around the globe, exchanging for N362 to a dollar in the Bureau De Change segment of the market on Friday.


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